Longest Round Trip Tow

[THEFERMANATOR]

Found this one on CL, $900 a week and they are local to the area.

http://sarasota.craigslist.org/boa/5052208082.html

Or this one isn't far away either.

http://sarasota.craigslist.org/boa/5042809262.html

[Destroyer]

I used to make the trip to my aunts house in Naples, Fla every year. 1600 miles one way. Gas was about 10 mpg on my Jeep Cherokee 4.0L engine. So the cost was about $50 one way in gas. But gas is a dollar cheaper now, so knock off about a hundred from that cost. Single axle Load Rite trailer. Never really had a problem. Never really noticed the boat back there except when braking hard in traffic. Just make sure you carry an extra set of bearings, a spare tire, a tire repair kit, an air compressor and a grease gun. I know several people that have a complete hub, pre-assembled with bearings, that they carry for good measure. It's completely do-able Rob, choice is yours though.

[bradford]

Ferm has it right. Will make the trip A LOT faster and easier with A LOT less driver fatigue.

Besides, who wants to play with wheel bearings in a truck stop parking lot in south Georgia in the middle of summer when you're supposed to be on vacation.

Lots of flats down that way too. Rent a boat and tear up someone else's lower unit.

[inaforty]

subscribed.........
We plan on towing down next spring.

[SkunkBoat]

never towed the V far but towed the original Skunkboat 16' Sylvan/ single axel to Key West from Jersey, twice!

First time with a 84 Dodge Ramcharger 4x4. Looked just like this

A million gallons of gas, 1 alternator in NC on the way down, Front Driver side wheel bearing in a parking lot in Delaware on the way back. Had a blast, caught my first ever grouper,cuda,snapper. Jammed to the Out'a'hand Band in Sloppy Joe's. Camped at Boyd's.

Did it again the next year, towed with my brother's Chevy van, Non-stop except for gas....peed out the gap in the back door while driving 80mph...

I know, none of this helps you but I got lost in yester-year

[smokeonthewater]

I have never even flinched at 2000 mile round trip tows.... I regularly travel between Indiana and Texas for work and the only reason I don't tow a boat every trip is I don't think I could get away with it... I am already towing a 38' tri axle fifth wheel and a jeep wrangler... 30,600 lbs with room for 70 more gallons of fuel and 78' long (over legal length in every state)... pretty sure if I added another 24' for a boat behind the jeep I'd get popped pretty quick.......

[phatdaddy]

i've towed my V to the keys 4 or 5 times, 1500 miles ,round trip. i have also met friends down there who rented boats. i think i'd rather have my own boat. i like my boat and i like boating in my boat, so if i'm more comfortable in my boat, that's what i want to be in. just do your prep work and it shouldn't be a problem.

as far as tandem vs single, i have a tandem and love it. i tow with a tahoe w 5.3 and get bout 10 mpg and i know it's back there.
i take spare hubs, 2 of them, already packed with grease. just take off the castle nut, slide the old one off and new one on. take 2 spare tires, because if you need one, then you feel naked without one for the rest of the trip.
if you have a good gps, running aground can be avoided, blue is good, white go slow, brown, turn around.

is it worth it, up to you. i'd rather spend the money on my boat and rig. plus it's kinda cool to take the old girl to some new places every now and then